The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-16
COMMENT AND OPINION.

ONE way to abolish poverty is to deposit earn
ings in the savings bank instead of the saloon.
New York World.
IT looks now as il Jacob Sharps case would
be settled about the same time as that of the
Chicago Anarchists. -Philadelphi Record.
IT is the surplus whisky in the bonded ware
houses and not the surplus cash 10 the Treasury
that worries the free-trade statesmen.-Macon
Telegraph dem.
THE only people who object to American in
situations are the Mormons who want all the
women on the earth, and the Socialists who want
the earth.-Omaha World.
WE have too many saloons !and get too
little revenue from them. High license
remedy for this condition of affairs has worked
well wherever It has been trled.-Baltimore
American.
THE attitude of the nugwumps toward Mr..
Cleveland IS the nearest approach to fetch wor-
ship that we have had in modern times and
among civilized people. 1t is curiosity In poll
tics. and we do not recall anything which rivals
it in the completeness of its abnegation. Boston
Journal
LET it not be claimed that the disaster at
Chatsworth was unavoidable and ''providental. +"
To paraphrase Madame Roland. we might ex-
claim, "Oh. Providence. how many murders are
committed in Thy name" The calamity might
easily and should have been ayerted.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
THERE is nothing substantial in the Sheridan
president ial boom, but he would make strong
candidate and one who would excite an intense
enthusiasm. He would arouse oil the latent war
feeling, of which there is more among loyal peo-.
pie than Cleveland or the mugwump may think
San Francisco Chronicle.
MEssRs. STANFORD and Huntington have we'll
illustrated the contem pit which the Pacific rail-
road managers have for anything connected with
the government except its land grants and bond
guarantees. There certainly ought to be some
wac of inspiring them with respect for federal
court-St Louis Republican.
THE South has resources that developing
and that are to DE developed. Free trade would
destroy them all; but this does prevent the
free-traders from bowling about the kentucky
idea" Among ali the men who engaged in
developing the resources of the South there is
not who is Observation-Disclosures Constitu-
ton.
THE goody-goody mugwump journals. like the
Nation and Harper's Weekly, are still blazing
away at the Higginses and softly stroking the
back of the administration that harbors the
Hiegnses. They don't like diseased meat but
they still have faith in the good intentions of
the who deals it out to rhem.-Detrot
Tribune
THERE are interesting indications in many
quarters of decided diminution OF the "Blaine
feeling. The conviction grows in all directions,
that the nomination of Mr.. Blaine again would
be a virtual acceptance of defeat, from the be-
ginning discouraging to any sort of a united
and earnest party Observation-Disclosures Ameri-
can (Rep.)
1T is evidently time to reform the horse busi-
in Washington and check the distemper
which seems to affect both man and beast. The
public horse must no longer be public invalid,
and the private horse should be private trust
AS the President has recently cut loose from the
mugwump he might write a very interesting
homily this so bject, taking Epdicott's bays
for text.-Chicago Tribune.
THE Indiana Democrats who continue railing
at Cleveland forget that there ia limit to the
number of fat offices and that the President
could do more than give them all he had. It
was inevitable that Cleveland should run out of
Offices long before he could appease the hunger
of the Indiana Bourbons. Nevertheless. he has
done all that he could within the time allowed.
and Voorhees, says, 1.-The harvest will
be complete. Chicago Tribune
LET US have no more new wine in old bottles,
more good patches wasted on old garments
Secretary Whitney's recent decision not al
low extensive repairs to be made upon the old
hulks of the navy commends Itself. The five
vessels now under way projected. repre-
sent FAR more satisfactory way of expanding
ment. New ships, and ships that will not dis
grace the flag they fly, what we need. They
come high but we must have them.-Albany
Express.